Posts Tagged ‘CDC’
CMS Moves to Assist Providers to Combat COVID-19 Virus
With the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly moves to protect patients in hospitals and residents in nursing facilities by ensuring health care facilities have up-to-date information to adequately respond to the spread of the virus while making it clear to providers that as always, CMS will hold them…
Read MoreIn September, Increasing the Awareness of Preventing Falls
Just days away, thousands of educators, caregivers, health and aging professionals, and older adults across the country focus their efforts on one goal: preventing falls. That’s why thousands of organizations are celebrating Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 23, 2019 This year’s activities will focus on the teamwork needed to prevent falls effectively. Forty-eight states…
Read MoreCDC Study Finds Heart Disease on the Rise While Cancer Deaths Decrease
Specifically, cancer deaths for adults, age 45 to 64, declined by 19 percent from 1999 to 2017, but hearth disease death rates declined by 22 percent from 1999 to 2011 and then increased 4 percent from 2011 to 2017, says Sally C. Curtin, M.A., of the Division of Vital Statistics, in the May 22 issue…
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